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All concepts put forth are our own opinions and speculations, and as such, might be completely contradicted by "official" STAR TREK material issued in the future. We have drawn as much as possible upon the filmed STAR TREK episodes and features, and refer to other media when we have found it useful to do so. This essay or other similar essays written by ourselves are for the sole purpose of speculation about the STAR TREK universe. We have no connection whatsoever with STAR TREK or Paramount Pictures. Feedback regarding this essay may be addressed to: William Stone, III Allan Finkas 137 Golfview Dr. #1206-61 Cambridge Ave. Glendale Heights, IL, USA 60139-3675 Regina, SK, CANADA S4N 5N3 FidoNet: 1:115/634.2 FidoNet: 1:140/1701 GEnie: W.Stone7 FidoNet: 1:140/31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This essay consists of two parts. The first is the timeline proper. The second (for those that are interested) is a detailed description of how we came to the conclusions we did. We hope you'll not dismiss this timeline as being incongruent with other sources. We assure you that if you take the time to read the documentation, you'll discover that very little was subject to our personal interpretation. Only those items marked with an asterisk (*) have no clear basis in onscreen evidence. A list of abbreviations used in the timeline follows the article. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The authors would like to thank the users of the FidoNet TREK conference - and in particular Michael Marek - for their insight and suggestions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Stone/Finkas STAR TREK Time Line 1,741,647BC Last of "The Makers" from the Andromeda galaxy die leaving an android population behind on an outpost in our galaxy. Harry Mudd happens upon their world in 2265 AD and they declare him, Mudd the First. (TOS: "I, Mudd") c1,000,000 BC The Slaver Empire falls in a massive interstellar war that destroys all intelligent life in the galaxy, leaving it to re-evolve all over again. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon") c500,000 BC A great war between the possible pregenators of all humanoid species in this galaxy ravages all participants. Survivors from both sides: Sargon, Thalassa, and Henoch, preserve their minds in receptacles on the planet Arret. Its atmosphere is ripped away as a result of the war. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow") c500,000 - T'Kon Empire flourishes in region of space that would one 300,000 BC day be the Federation frontier. The Empire is eventually decimated by a supernova, leaving only scattered automated outposts. (TNG: "The Last Outpost") c50,000 BC Lokai of Cheron tried and convicted as a political traitor by Bele, the Chief Officer of the Commission of Political Traitors on Cheron. Lokai escapes, to be chased around the galaxy by Bele until they both eventually return to Cheron on the USS Enterprise in 2267 AD, finding it to be a dead planet. (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield") c30,000 BC American Indians are transplanted to another world by a mysterious race known only as "The Preservers". (TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome") c7500 BC Star Fabrina goes nova. Inhabitants of habitable planet build a generation ship called Yonada to carry its descendants to a new world before nova occurs. (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky") 3834 BC Birth of Flint, the immortal, in Mesopotamia as Akharin, a foot soldier. (TOS: "Requiem For Methuselah") c3700 BC Spock and McCoy trapped on planet Sarpeidon in this time by time machine called the atavachron. (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays") c3500 BC Landru, a great scientist on the planet Beta III, dies, but leaves his memories in a computer which would help guide the inhabitant's of future generations (TOS: "The Return of the Archons") c2700 BC Humanoids from Pollux IV arrive on Earth. They are regarded as gods by the native humans, classical literature would eventually refer to them as the Olympian Gods. They would later return to Pollux IV after human civilization grows tired of worshipping them in favor of a new and growing religion, Christianity. (TOS: "Who Mourns For Adonis?") 44 BC Birth of Parman of Sandara, Leader of the immortals living on the planet Platonius. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren") 33 BC Birth of Philana of Sandara, another immortal later found on planet Platonius. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren") 84 AD Parman marries Philana. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren") c865 Civil war breaks out on Solais V. Bloody battles would rage for next 1500 years. (TNG: "Loud as a Whisper") c1200 War destroys planet Zetar, leaving several inhabitants to flee as little more than mental forces of light to search the galaxy for a body to take over so they might live again. (TOS: "The Lights of Zetar") c1350 Battle of Aurilius IX, where the Menthas and the Promelians fought their final battle in a legendary interstellar war. (TNG: "Booby Trap") c1760 Start of interplanetary war between planets Eminiar VII and Vendikar. First known war completely waged by computer with "casulties" reporting to disintegration chambers when they are instructed. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon") 1888 Redjac entity kills six in London on Earth. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") 1930 Time vortex Guardian of Forever places McCoy, Kirk and Spock back in time. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever") 1932 Redjac entity kills seven women in Shanghai, China on Earth (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") 1936 USS Enterprise (CV-6) commissioned 1939 Birth of Ralph Olphemhouse, future financier. Will live until the 24th century through cryogenic technique. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 1946 USS Enterprise (CV-6) dismantled 1948 Birth of Roberta Lincoln, Gary Seven's secretary. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth") c1950 A group of scientists begins clandestine experimentation which leads to advanced practical genetic engineering techniques by about 1960, with the goal of uniting the world. (TOS: "Space Seed", ST2.) 1959 Birth of Claire Raymond, future homemaker. Will live until the 24th century through cryogenic technique. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 1963 USS Enterprise (CV(N)-65) commissioned 1965 The entire population of Miri's World dies from a virus created in an effort to prolong life. Only children under age 15 survive. (TOS: "Miri") 1968 Two agents from an unknown race (Gary Seven and Isis) are assigned to earth and meet Roberta Lincoln. A rocket carrying a nuclear weapon malfunctions and explodes, causing world powers to agree to keep nuclear weapons out of space. The incident is not made public but is reported in historical documents which are eventually revealed. Unfortunate timing brings the Enterprise back in time to this same date via a planned slingshot effect. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth") 1969 Accidental slingshot effect takes Enterprise back in time. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday") 1969 Mid July: Man walks on the moon. 1974 Redjac entity kills five women in Kiev, USSR on Earth. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") 1976 USS Enterprise (OV-101) - ALT Test Vehicle commissioned 1987 Slingshot effect carries HMS Bounty back in time. Two humpback whales and Dr. Gillian Taylor are displaced to 2286. (STIV: THE VOYAGE HOME) 1992 "Chicago Mobs of the 1920s" published in New York. The Book which Iotian culture would eventually be based upon. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action") 1992-1996 Eugenics War. Previously unknown race of "supermen" are introduced as adults by scientists as the future of the human race. Aspirations of power has these supermen take over several key governments, leading to a major war between them and their scientist creators against the rest of the world. Eventually overthrown, some "supermen" leave Earth on the sleeper ship `Botany Bay'. Some of the scientists involved leave Earth as well, among them Dr. Stavros Keniculus. (TOS: "Space Seed" & TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan") 1994 Cryogenic satellite launched containing the bodies of Claire Raymond, Ralph Ophemhouse, and L.Q. "Sonny" Clemens. Satellite lost, but apparently never missed. Later retrieved in interstellar space 370 years later. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 1996 SS Botany Bay, a DY-100 vessel, leaves earth. (TOS: "Space Seed") 1996 "Nightingale Woman", a love sonnet, written by Phineas Tarbolde on the Canopus planet. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before") 2010 Earth-Saturn probe, led by Col. Shaun Geoffrey Christopher launched. * 2018 The use of DY-100 class Sleeper Ships is discontinued. (TOS: "Space Seed") 2020 August. Space probe "Nomad" launched from Earth to explore space outside the solar system. Perhaps the first attempted extrasolar mission by NASA, but without a crew. Nomad designed and built by Jackson Roykirk. (TOS: "The Changeling") 2029 Birth of Zefram Cochrane, discoverer of the space warp. (TOS: "Metamorphisis") 2037 July 23rd. The `Carybdis', NASA's 3rd attempted extrasolar mission ship launched, Col. Steven Richey commanding (TNG: "The Royale") 2040 Television fades away as a source of entertainment. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 2044 `Carybdis' mysteriously disappears. Assumed that telemetry had failed. Ship's fate remains unknown for next 321 years. (TNG: "The Royale") c2050 "The Great Awakening" on planet Argelius II (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") c2050 Cryogenics abadoned as a fad. Never proven to this point that it would be feasable and cast as nothing more than a scam. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 2053 The New United Nations establishes that no Earth Citizen can be held responsible for the crimes of his race or forbearers. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") 2053-2079 The United States of America has 52 states. (TNG: "The Royale") c2060 First of 6 planetary conquests over 300 years on planet Mizar II. c2066 SS Valiant launched and encounters energy barrier at the edge of the galaxy. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before") c2070 The region of space that includes Sherman's Planet first observed by John Burke, Chief Astronomer of the Royal Academy of Great Britain. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles") c2079 World War Three, (may also have been known as Colonel Green's War [ TOS: "The Savage Curtain" ] or possibly the Mind Control Revolts [ ST-TMP novelization ]). Nuclear devastation is widespread, known as "the Post-Atomic Horror" (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"). In some areas, populations must resort to controlling their military with drugs. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") 2079 The New United Nations is abolished. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") 2082 Col. Richey dies in 'Hotel Royale' on planet Theta VIII (TNG: "The Royale") 2105 Redjac entity kills eight women at the colonies on Mars. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") 2116 Zefram Cochrane disappears, presumed dead at age 87. (TOS: "Metamorphisis") 2123 November 23rd. SS Mariposa, DY-500 class, launched for Ficus Sector with two separate groups of colonists. (TNG: "Send in the Clones") c2140 Kal Dayno, fleeing from criminals in the mid 27th century, hides the Tax Utat in a cave in Rhysa. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday") 2156 Redjac entity kills two women at Heliopolis on Alpha Proxima II. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") 2157 First contact with the Romulan Empire leads to immediate hostilities, due to the aggressive, imperialistic nature of Romulan culture. The Romulans declare war. * c2160 Planet Deneva first colonized as part of a trading line between other Federation planets (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!") 2164 Birth of Sarek of Vulcan (TOS: "Journey to Babel" & TNG: "Sarek") 2164 First contact with Delos star system by Federation scout ship. Reports two inhabited planets, Brekka and Onarra, one close to space travel technology, the other, a simple agricultural society. (TNG: "Symbiosis") 2165 Plague strikes planet Onarra. Cure provided by Brekkans which is eventually to be found to be a narcotic. (TNG: "Symbiosis") 2165 The Federation/Romulan War ends in stalemate. A peace treaty is negotiated via subspace radio. The Romulan Neutral Zone is established, entry into which - by either side - constitutes an act of war. (TOS: "Balance of Terror") c2167 Guinan and Q have some sort of encounter. (TNG: "Deja Q") c2170 USS Horizon visits planet Iotia, leaving behind a book called "Chicago Mobs of the 1920s", which the culture eventually imitates. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action") c2170 USS Archon visits planet Beta III. Ship is pulled from orbit and destroyed by computer, Landru. Survivors mix with natives and implant the seeds of rebellion against Landru. (TOS: "Return of the Archons") 2194 Birth of Robert April (TAS: "The Counter-Clock Incident") c2215 First hostilities and mutual tolerance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (TOS: "Day of the Dove") 2212 Birth of Amanda Grayson, 1st wife of Sarek, mother of Spock * 2215 First Federation contact with planet Eminiar VII by USS Valiant. Valiant never heard from again, assumed destroyed in the ongoing war of that planet with its neighbor, Vendikar. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon") 2224 Birth of Montgomery Scott (Aberdeen, Scotland, Earth) * 2227 Birth of Leonard H. McCoy (Georgia, Earth) (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") 2231 Birth of Spock (Vulcan) 2232 Birth of James Tiberious Kirk (Iowa, Earth) (TOS: "The Deadly Years") 2234 SS Columbia (a research vessel attached to the American Continent Institute) crash lands on Talos IV with one survivor--Vina. (TOS: "The Menagerie") 2236 Sarek of Vulcan becomes Vulcan's ambassador to sixteen planets before becoming ambassador to Earth (TAS: "Yesteryear") 2237 Mr. Brack (Flint) purchases planet Holberg 917G as a personal retreat. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah") 2239 Birth of Hikaru Sulu (San Francisco, California, Earth) * 2240 Birth of Nyota Upenda Uhura * 2241 Dr. Richard Daystrom develops the Duotronics. This new technology would be the prototype of all future Federation computers. (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer") 2241 Birth of Kevin Riley (Tarsus IV) (TOS: "The Conscience of the King") 2243 Battle of Donatu V (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles") 2244 Birth of Pavel Andreievich Chekov (USSR, Earth) (TOS: "Who Mourns For Adonis?") 2245 Governor Kodos of Tarsus IV declares martial law and executes most of the population in his solution to save the colony. There were few survivors including James Kirk, Kevin Riley, and Thomas Leighton. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King") 2245 Population of planet Lavinius V wiped out by flying parasites (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!") 2247 Capt. Robert April heads the "Starship Project." USS Enterprise constructed. (FINAL FRONTIER by Diane Carey) 2248 Spock of Vulcan recieves Starfleet commission 2249 James T. Kirk enters Starfleet Academy 2249 Birth of Joanna McCoy (TAS: "The Survivor") 2250 Dr. McCoy leads a mass-inoculation program on Dramia II to conquer Saurian virus. Plague strikes the planet after the medical team leaves Dramia, killing many of the inhabitants. (TAS: "Albatross") 2250 Capt. Robert April leads a rescue mission to the Romulan Neutral Zone (FINAL FRONTIER by Diane Carey) Late 2250 USS Enterprise undergoes post-shakedown refit * - mid 2251 Mid 2251 USS Enterprise commissioned. Captain Robert April is C.O on six month shakedown cruise. * 2251 A colony ship crashes on the planet Thasus, leaving only a three year old survivor, Charlie Evans. (TOS: "Charlie X") 2252 Capt. Christopher Pike takes command of the Enterprise * 2252 The Enterprise intercepts a distress call from Talos IV and investigates. The discover a race of beings with incredible mental powers. General Order Number Seven is esablished, prohibiting any Federation ship from visiting Talos IV. To do so is punishable by death (the only remaining instance of the capital punishment for a violation of Starfleet regulations). (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie") 2253 Ensign James Kirk serves on the USS Republic, NCC-1373 (TOS:"Court-Martial") 2253 Federation starship (possibly the USS Republic) first visits planet Neural. Lt. James Kirk leads survey team that finds planet to be in relatively primitive state. (TOS: "A Private Little War") 2254 Lieutenant James Kirk serves on the ill-fated USS Farragut, which encounters a gaseous cloud that drains red blood cells from living organisms on planet Tycho IV. (TOS: "Obsession") 2255 Treaty of Armens signed between representatives of the Federation and the Sheliak Corporate. Contact between these parties severed after this for next 111 years. (TNG: "The Ensigns of Command") 2258 Carter Winston helps planet Cerberus, which experienced major crop failure and faced mass starvations. Dr. McCoy's daughter was going to school on Cerberus during this time. (TAS: "The Survivor") 2259 Spock meets Leila Kalomi on Earth. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise") 2260 Birth of David Marcus 2260 SS Beagle, Class 4 stardrive vessel commanded by Captain R. M. Merik, damaged by Merik so that he can maroon his crew on planet 892-IV. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses") 2261 Birth of Saavik (Hellguard) 2263 Carter Winston, successful space trader and a noted philanthropist, disappears. It is later learned that he dies and his identity is assumed by a Vendorian shape-changer. (TAS: "The Survivor") 2263 Population of planet Ingraham B wiped out by flying parasites (TOS: "Operation: Annihilate!") Late 2263 Enterprise returns from latest five-year mission. Pike is promoted to Fleet Captain and assigned to Starfleet Academy (TOS: "The Menagerie") 2263 - Major refit/reconstruction of USS Enterprise late 2264 2264 Redjac entity, as Beratis, kills women on Rigel IV. (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold") Late 2264 Capt. James Kirk takes command of Enterprise 2264 - Unchronicled adventures. Up to and including "Where no Man Has early 2265 Gone Before" Jan. 2265 Minor refit of Enterprise following events at the edge of the galaxy (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before") 2265 Episodes of STAR TREK's first season 2265 Talosians allow crippled Fleet Captain Pike to remain on Talos IV (TOS: "The Menagerie") 2265 SS Botany Bay recovered with all hands by USS Enterprise. Khan Noonian Singh, genetic superman from Eugenics War, tries to overtake ship. Khan and his followers are marooned on Ceti Alpha V to prevent exposure to rest of the Federation. (TOS: "Space Seed") 2265 Abortive Federation/Klingon war. Organians intervene, establish the Organian Peace Treaty and the Federation/Klingon Neutral Zone. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy") Late 2265 Ceti Alpha VI explodes, throwing Ceti Alpha V off its orbit, laying the planet to waste and forcing Kahn's colony into chaos to survive. (ST2:TWOK) 2266 Episodes of STAR TREK's second season 2266 The Enterprise hosts a number of dignitaries going to the planet Babel to debate the admission of Coridan into the Federation. En route, ambassador Sarek of Vulcan suffers cardial problems at a particularly inopportune time. (TOS: "Journey to Babel") c2266 "Official" end of the clan wars that had ravaged on planet Achamar for generations. Group of Achamarions calling themselves "The Gatherers" split from popular Achamarion culture and leave the planet to find their fortunes plundering neighboring solar systems. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor") 2267 Episodes of STAR TREK's third season c2267 Birth of Uta of the Trelestas (Achamar). (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor") 2268 Establishment of Nimbus III, publicly touted as "The Planet of Galactic Peace." It is jointly governed by the Romulans, Klingons, and Federation and colonized by races from all over the known galaxy. (STV: THE FINAL FRONTIER) 2268 Episodes of animated STAR TREK's first season 2268 A giant clone of Dr. Stavros Keniculus (one of the scientists responsible for the gentic supermen of the Eugenics Wars) is found by the Enterprise on the planet Phylos. As the Phlosians are a dying race, both he and a giant clone of Spock are left on that planet to try and save them from extinction. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan") 2269 Episodes of animated STAR TREK's second season 2270 Early in year, Enterprise returns from five-year mission. Of the original 13 Constitution-class starships launched circa 2251, she is the only to return relatively intact. 2270-2271 Enterprise mothballed 2271 - Enterprise undergoes major refit/reconstruction mid 2273 2273 Vejur Incident (ST - THE MOTION PICTURE) Mid 2273 - Unchronicled second five-year mission * late 2278 2274 Colony ship 'Artemis' launched for system Septimus Minor. Accident causes ship to go off course and eventually crash land on Tau Cygna V, a planet, by treaty, belonging to the Sheliak Corporate, but uninhabited. Survivors start colony which thrives for next 92 years. (TNG: "The Ensigns of Command") 2275 Sarek begins first of a series of negotiations with the Legarans which would take 93 years to culminate in a settlement that would see the Legarans finally become members of the Federation. (TNG: "Sarek") 2278 Minor refit of Enterprise. James Kirk appointed Commandant of Starfleet Academy. 2281 Record of when Kevin Uxbridge, a botanist, is supposed to have been born on Earth. Uxbridge is later found to have been a wandering immortal of the species, the Dowd. It is uncertain if this was when he arrived on Earth. (TNG: "The Survivors") 2284 Rashan Uxbridge, a future botanist, born on Earth. She would eventually fall victim of an attack on her colony by a hostile race, the Huwsnok. (TNG: "The Survivors") 2279 Enterprise assigned as Starfleet Academy training vessel (STII: THE WRATH OF KHAN) 2279 Birth of Admiral Mark Jameson (TNG: "Too Short a Season") 2286 Genesis Conference, Whalesong Crisis, destruction of NCC-1701, terrorist takeover of Nimbus III. Launch of Enterprise NCC-1701-A, Capt. James Kirk commanding. Klingon ambassador to the Federation vows: "There will be no peace as long as Kirk lives!" (STII through V) 2286 Trelesta clan thought to be wiped out by Lornak clan on planet Achamar, ending a 200 year blood feud. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor") 2288 Mysteriously, the Organians disappear, leaving the treaty without its enforcers * 2289 Rising tensions of the last twenty years combined with the recent Purge of Klingon non-Imperial races and the withdrawal of the Organians ignite the Federation/Klingon War. 2290 Klingon Battlecruiser Tong launched on secret military mission to Federation frontier with her crew in suspended animation. (TNG: "The Emissary") 2302 Last known contact with planet Angel I by Federation starship before visit by USS Enterprise in 2364. (TNG: "Angel One") 2307 Launch of USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, an EXCELSIOR-class starship * 2307 The Federation/Klingon War ends in stalemate, due to the reticence of the Romulans to become involved. They apparently have problems on another frontier. * 2310 Birth of Jean-Luc Picard (France, Earth) * 2311 Romulans sever diplomatic relations with the Federation during the Tomad Incident, costing thousands of lives. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 2313 Kevin and Rashan Uxbridge married on Earth. (TNG: "The Survivors") 2313 Penthar Mohl of Lornak clan killed by microvirus engineered by Trelesta clan and transmitted by Uta of the Trelestas on planet Achamar. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor") 2314 Future Admiral Mark Jameson marries (TNG: "Too Short a Season") 2319 Civil war rages on Mordan IV. Gov't kidnaps 63 passengers and crew of a passing starliner. Jameson sent by StarFleet after 2 Federation negotiators are killed to bargain for the hostages. Jameson violates Prime Directive by providing Mordanians with Federation weapons for the release of the hostages. This results in 4 decades of continuing civil war on Mordan IV. (TNG: "Too Short a Season") 2323 Birth of Beverly Crusher * 2330 Ensign Jean-Luc Picard gets into a ballroom brawl with a trio of Norsicans at Starbase Eirhardt. Picard is impaled and requires cardiac replacement in order to survive. (TNG: "Samaritan Snare") 2334 USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B decommissioned * 2335 Birth of William T. Riker (Alaska, Earth) (TNG: "The Icarus Factor") 2335 Launch of USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C, an AMBASSADOR-class starship * c2337 Civil war breaks out on colony world Turkana IV, leading to an anarchist society that still rules the colony (TNG: "Legacy") 2338 Birth of Worf, son of Morgh (Kling) * 2338 Lt. Cmdr. Data found by a landing party from the starship USS Tripoli on the planet Omicron Theta while investigating the disappearance of the planet's colony. (TNG: "Datalore") 2340 Birth of Tasha Yar (Turkana IV) * 2342 Negotiations for Federation/Klingon alliance begin. 2342 April 9th. J.L. Picard stands up the future Jenise Manhiem by not showing up at the Cafe des Artistes in Paris before end of shore leave on Earth. Shipped out on the USS Stargazer, Picard's first command. (TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris") 2344 NCC-1701-C, Captain Rachel Garrett commanding, destroyed while defending Klingon outpost Nirendra III from Romulans. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise") 2344 A Federation starship is destroyed by the Harada during diplomatic contact when the ship's captain mispronounced a Haradan greeting, outraging the insectoid race. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye") 2345 Birth of K'Hern, brother of Worf, son of Morgh. (TNG: "Sins of the Father") 2346 Romulan/Klingon Alliance collapses as the result of a Romulan attacks on Klingon bases (including Khitomer). 2347 Federation/Klingon Alliance begins, directly as a result of Enterprise-C's sacrifice in defense of Nirendra III. 2348 Last attempt of reconcilliation between the Achmarions and the Gatherers. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor") Late 2348 Birth of Wesley Crusher * 2349 Dr. Paul Manhiem leaves Earth to find a planet suitable for conducting experiments relating to his time theories. (TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris") 2350 William Riker leaves home to join Star Fleet Academy. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor") 2350 Salia of Dalid IV taken as an infant to grow up on Clavdia III where she would be educated until she returns to her homeworld to reunite two warring factions of a centuries-old civil war. (TNG: "The Dauphin") 2351 Dr. Paul Manhiem and collegues take up shop on planet Vandor IV. Begins time experiments that would come to a head and take the lives of all of his collegues, just about killing him, close to 15 years later. (TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris") 2352 Tasha Yar escapes from her homeworld, Turkana IV, eventually to join Starfleet. (TNG: "Legacy") 2353 Kyle Riker was a civilian strategist advising Star Fleet in their continuing conflict with the Tholians. Starbase he was on is attacked, leaving Riker the sole survivor. Riker meets Kate Pulaski at this time, nearly marries her. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor") 2354 While commanding the USS Stargazer, J.L. Picard visits planet Chalna. 2355 USS Stargazer (NCC-2893) attacked by a then unidentified Ferengi vessel. The Stargazer is abandoned in the Maxia Zeta star system. (TNG: "The Battle") 2356 J.L. Picard cleared in court-martial proceedings following the loss of the USS Stargazer. Last time he sees Phillipa Luvoir for 10 years as she was presiding over the hearings. (TNG: "The Measure of a Man") 2356 Last Terallian plague ship believed destroyed by the Alcians. Another ship is encountered in 2364. (TNG: "Haven") 2357 Accident befalls the freighter Odin in space near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Four survivors in escape pods reach planet Angel One where they seek refuge. (TNG: "Angel One") 2359 Civil war ends on Mordan IV (TNG: "Too Short a Season") 2360 Birth of Alexander, son of Worf and K'Eylar. (TNG: "Reunions") 2361 Turkana IV visted by USS Potemkin, colonists warn starship that if anyone beams down to the planet, they will be killed (TNG: "Legacy") 2361 Kevin and Rashan Uxbridge move from Earth to their retirement home on planet Delta Rana IV. (TNG: "The Survivors") 2364 Launch of GALAXY-class USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D, Capt. Jean-Luc Picard commanding (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") 2364 Episodes of TNG's first season Early 2364 USS Stargazer recovered during a Ferengi attempt to discredit Captain Picard in the Zendi Sabu star system. (TNG:"The Battle") Mid 2364 Admiral Mark Jameson lured to Mordan IV where he eventually dies from a drug overdose. (TNG: "Too Short a Season") Late 2364 Tasha Yar killed by Armus on planet Vagra II (TNG: "Skin of Evil") Late 2364 Evidence of unknown species that "scoops" away inhabitants and technology of several Federation and Romulan outposts along the Neutral Zone. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") 2365 Episodes of TNG's second season Mid 2365 IKV Tong arrives at Federation frontier (TNG: "The Emissary") 2365 Enterprise thrown 7000 light years by Q to system J-25 where they make first contact with the Borg, a cyborg species described by Guinan and Q as the perfect "users" (TNG: "Q Who?") 2366 Episodes of TNG's third season 2366 Sector 23 JAG, Captain Phillipa Luvoir presiding, upholds previous StarFleet ruling that the android Data is a sentient being, deserving the rights and priviledges granted all other sentient life forms. (TNG: "The Measure of a Man") 2366 A star-faring race, the Huwsnok, are wiped out by an immortal being of a race called the Dowd, who was living among Federation colonists on the planet Delta Rana IV, after a Huwsnok warship destroys the Rana colony. 50 billion are wiped out for the destruction of 11,000. Delta Rana IV is quaranteened by Star Fleet Command to avoid contact with the lone Dowd inhabitant. (TNG: "The Survivors") Late 2366/ Borg starship kidnaps Capt. Picard of the Enterprise, destroys Early 2367 a sizeable percentage of Starfleet vessels and nearly has the opportunity to assimilate the inhabitants of planet Earth into their collective. Attempt repelled by Enterprise under Brevet Captain William T. Riker, and Picard is retrieved. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds (Parts I and II)") 2367 Episodes of TNG's fourth season. c2650 Kal Dayno invents the Tax Utat--a quantum phase inhibitor in the shape of a large crystal, capable of halting all nuclear activity within a star. Two Vorgon criminals attempt to steal the Utat and Dayno flees to the 22nd century, where he hides it on Rhysa. (TNG: "Captain's Holiday") ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abbreviations: TOS - The Original Series 79 episodes which aired on NBC 1966-1969 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TAS - The Animated Series 22 episodes which aired on NBC 1973-1975 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TMS - The Movie Series Five theatrically released movie released 1979-1989 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TNG - The Next Generation 80+ episodes currently airing in first-run syndication, starring Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes, and Brent Spiner. TMP - Star Trek - The Motion Picture The first Star Trek movie, released 1979 STII - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Second move, released 1982 STIII - Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Third movie, released 1985 STIV - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Fourth movie, released 1987 STV - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Fifth movie, released 1989 == TRELN3-2.TXT ============================================================ A S T A R T R E K (TM) C H R O N O L O G Y by William Stone, III and Allan Finkas Version 3.0a, dated November 17, 1990 COPYRIGHT 1990 BY William Stone, III and Allan Finkas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ STAR TREK (TM) is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Permission to download and/or reprint this article in it entirety for free distribution is hereby granted provided the authors' names and this copyright notice are retained. This essay may be periodically updated. DISCLAIMER: None of the ideas expressed in this article are "official". All concepts put forth are our own opinions and speculations, and as such, might be completely contradicted by "official" STAR TREK material issued in the future. We have drawn as much as possible upon the filmed STAR TREK episodes and features, and refer to other media when we have found it useful to do so. This essay or other similar essays written by ourselves are for the sole purpose of speculation about the STAR TREK universe. We have no connection whatsoever with STAR TREK or Paramount Pictures. Feedback regarding this essay may be addressed to: William Stone, III Allan Finkas 137 Golfview Dr. #1206-61 Cambridge Ave. Glendale Heights, IL, USA 60139-3675 Regina, SK, CANADA S4N 5N3 FidoNet: 1:115/634.2 FidoNet: 1:140/31 or 1:140/10 GEnie: W.Stone7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "When's When In the STAR TREK Universe" As STAR TREK fans who thrive on continuity know, the episode of THE NEXT GENERATION entitled "The Neutral Zone" sent most our theoretical timelines into oblivion. It is therefore the purpose of this article to deduce a chronology to 2367 in the STAR TREK universe. Those who construct timelines have generally placed the voyages of the original starship Enterprise (NCC-1701) at the late 22nd or early 23rd century. This misguided assumption is apparently due to information from "Space Seed:" Kirk tells Khan, whose ship launched in 1996, that he and his fellow supermen have been asleep for "about two centuries." Thus, an approximation of early 23rd century was assumed. There are two major pieces of evidence which contradict this: in STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, Kirk tells Gillian Taylor he is from the late 23rd century, and in "The Neutral Zone," Data specifically states the current year is 2364. The key facts in constructing a realistic timeline are these: The Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) was launched in the year 2364. The authors take the liberty of that small assumption because it seems that since the traditional Terran end-of-year celebrations were still being practiced in the time of Captain Kirk (reference was made to a Christmas party "Dagger of the Mind"), it would be unusual for the new crew to let these incidents pass by unnoticed. In addition, Picard's log entry stardates have proceeded unevenly from 41153.7 through the 44000s. The move from the "41" to the "44" prefixes seems to indicate a new year, and an early first season writers' guide would tend to corroborate this. The voyages of NCC-1701-D are seventy-eight years "after the days of the original starship Enterprise." This is an oft-quoted statement from the STAR TREK offices and virtually incontrovertible. Admiral Leonard H. McCoy, M.D., though unnamed in the episode, made a recognizable cameo appearance in "Encounter at Farpoint." Data stated at that time that he was one-hundred thirty-seven years of age "according to Starfleet records." Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan was 202 years old when he made an appearance in "Sarek" (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION's third season, or 2366). Since Sarek was 102.437 years of age when he appeared in "Journey to Babel," STAR TREK's second season takes place in 2266. Sarek was born in 2164. McCoy's age provides us with further clues. Subtracting 137 from 2364 gives us 2227. Leonard H. McCoy was born sometime during that year. In STAR TREK's second season, he was 39. If McCoy was thirty-nine, then STAR TREK's first season takes place in the year 2265. There is a high degree of probability (the reasons for which are explained in greater detail later) that "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was not Kirk's first mission as Enterprise's commander. It's more likely that the Enterprise's five-year mission began in late 2264. As a sidelight, we can now pinpoint the year in which Kirk was born. Kirk was thirty-four the STAR TREK's second season (stated in "The Deadly Years"), therefore he was born in 2232. For those who are interested, if Kirk avoided death by mishap, he would be 134 in 2366 and possibly still alive since McCoy (five years his senior) was living in 2364. Given these years, it is then possible to make other deductions about the history of the Enterprise. As it is easiest to work backward with the vessel's commanders, one ponders the captaincy of Christopher Pike. Spock says in "The Menagerie" that the Enterprise's visit to Talos IV happened "thirteen years ago," and that he served with Pike for "eleven years, four months, five days." If "The Menagerie" was in 2265, then "The Cage" was in 2252. Since Spock served with Pike for eleven years and not thirteen, and as also stated in that episode, Kirk "took over the Enterprise" from Pike, "The Cage" was probably early in Pike's command. We personally like to place it in the first year of his command. These dates in mind, Christopher Pike was Captain of the Enterprise from 2252 well into 2263. Where was the Enterprise between mid 2263 to late 2264? It seems that Starfleet has a tendency to extensively refit existing starships rather than build new ones. From mid-2269 to early 2271 James Kirk was probably with Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott at Spacedock overseeing a refit of his new command. A young Captain named Willard Decker later did a similar thing from early 2271 to mid 2273. A refit at some point between "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is quite likely, considering several major differences in appearance (the primary hull, the nacelles, the shuttle bay, etc). There was also a lesser refit sometime following that latter adventure, but considering the ship regained warp drive only due to Lee Kelso's "talented thievery", a period of time in a starbase drydock following this incident would not be amiss. Prior to Pike's Captaincy, things become much more subject to conjecture. We know that Commodore Robert April was the first captain of the Enterprise ("The Counter-Clock Incident"). We don't know from onscreen evidence that he commanded the ship immediately before Pike, but it would seem likely. By the time Kirk commanded her, she was at least thirteen years old. It is easiest on the ship if we assume April was captain immediately before Pike. Commodore Robert April was a retiring ambassador aged seventy-five in "The Counter-Clock Incident." Our personal preference is to place this adventure very close to the end of the five-year mission. Since this assumption would place "The Counter-Clock Incident" in 2269, Robert April was born in early 2194. Unfortunately, all we know about April from the series is that he commanded the ship for some period, and that the bridge of the Enterprise "feels more like home" than anywhere he's ever been. Since eighteen months seems to be the standard Starfleet refit, one could assume that such a refit existed after April's command. This way, one does as little damage as possible to the events of the novel FINAL FRONTIER by Diane Carey, although the dates become inaccurate. If April's command proceeded much as chronicled in that novel, then he probably wasn't aboard the Enterprise for any appreciable length of time. There was probably the chronicled "unofficial" mission, a shakedown refit, and then a shakedown cruise. Following this, Captain Christopher Pike took command. This would place April's mission to the Neutral Zone in 2250, and the commissioning of the Enterprise in 2251. The flaw in our preferred assumption is that this makes April's age about fifty-six. This would make him the average age for a Captain in any traditional quasi-military organization, but disagrees with his age in FINAL FRONTIER. Our purpose, however, is not to bridge continuity gaps between different media but establish a theoretical continuity for Roddenberry's filmed media. This seems best, since most fans accept his as the "official" canon. During the latter years of Pike's command James Kirk was a very active man. In order for David Marcus to be in his mid 20s in 2286, Kirk would have had to have sired him with Carol Marcus around 2260, about four years before he became captain of the Enterprise. A sidelight: if Saavik was about ten when Spock discovered her around the year 2270, then in 2366, she would be about 107. This would put her at Vulcan middle age, and almost certainly alive, assuming she didn't meet with mishap. There are a number of other deductions one can make once the above information is known. Spock's year of birth, for example, was probably 2223, since he was in his late twenties in 2252. This would make him 143 years of age in TNG, and considering the long Vulcan life span, probably still alive (if he avoided mishap). Pavel Chekov was a recently-graduated Ensign in 2265 (somewhere in the background during "Space Seed"), making him approximately 22. Thus, he was born in 2243. Similarly, if one assumes ages of 41, 26, and 25 for Scotty, Sulu, and Uhura in 2265, then their birth years are 2224, 2239, and 2240 respectively. The Enterprise's mission under James T. Kirk was five years long, ending therefore in 2269 or 2270. It was probably early 2270, in order for the numbers to work out nicely. Following her triumphant return, Kirk was promoted to Admiral and posted to Chief of Starfleet Operations (stated in STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE). McCoy resigned Starfleet in disgust when Admiral Nogura (Starfleet's Chief of Staff) ignored McCoy's advice against a ground assignment for Kirk. Spock led a mission to the planet Vonda McIntyre nicknamed "Hellguard" and discovered a half-Romulan, half-Vulcan survivor named Saavik. Shortly after that, he too resigned Starfleet and went to Gol, on Vulcan, to study Kholinahr. Following approximately one year inactive and an eighteen-month refit (as stated in STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE), Kirk took the Enterprise to meet Vejur in mid 2273. There is a significant gap of thirteen years between ST-TMP and STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. What precisely happened is unknown, but it seems very likely that Starfleet allowed Kirk to keep the Enterprise for some period of time. The authors would like to assume a second, unchronicled five year mission. Following this, the Enterprise was assigned as a Starfleet Academy training vessel with Spock as her commander. Kirk was posted to Commandant of Starfleet Academy. The next chronicled adventure of the Enterprise takes place 78 years prior to THE NEXT GENERATION, or 2286. Kirk was celebrating his fifty-fourth birthday. Since the following three films took place less than six months apart (based on stardates and statements made in them), one can assume all the movies to date took place in 2286. The authors is not familiar enough with the weather patterns of the San Francisco, California area to be able to place the approximate season given outdoor shots of Starfleet and 23rd century Yosimite. To natives of the midwestern United States and the Canadian plains, it looks like summer. Approximately three years after STAR TREK V, the Federation and the Klingon Empire went to war. It was stated in "The Emissary" that the Federation and Klingon Empire were at war "75 years ago," and Riker makes reference to the war in "The Defector." Thus, the Federation/Klingon war began in approximately 2289. The question that immediately comes to mind is: what happened to the Organians? Their fate is unknown, but their disappearance is obvious: if they had been present, a Federation/Klingon war would have been impossible. In fact, it seems likely that given the rising tensions between the two empires shown in the movies and apparent purging of the more human-looking Klingon races, the presence of the Organians was probably the only thing that prevented war. In 2290, the Klingons sent the IKV Tong to the Federation frontier on a secret military mission ("The Emissary"). All hands were in suspended animation, to be awakened on arrival. Tong was eventually intercepted by the USS Enterprise in 2365. It seems likely that the war lasted a couple of decades, ending sometime prior to the severance of diplomatic relations with the Romulans in 2312. The authors infer approximately 2307. Diplomatic relations with the Romulan Empire were severed following the Tomar Incident, a battle which cost "thousands of lives" (mentioned in "The Neutral Zone"). The last had not been heard from them, however. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) battled four Romulan warships while defending the Klingon colony Nirendra III in 2344 ("Yesterday's Enterprise). While the Enterprise herself was apparently destroyed, the courage of her crew impressed the colony's survivors. As a direct result of this battle, Federation/Klingon negotiations (already in progress according to "Yesterday's Enterprise") entered a new level. Plans for a close alliance were solidified. The Alliance became a reality circa 2347 following the dissolution of the Klingon/Romulan alliance (which had surprisingly lasted since 2267 ["The Enterprise Incident"]). This was due to the continued brazen Romulan attacks on Klingon outposts, not the least of which had been Nirendra III. The end was reached when Khitomer - a military base - was destroyed in 2346 with the aid of a Klingon traitor. Only a handful survived, one of which was future Lieutenant Worf of the Enterprise ("Sins of the Father"). The next date for which there exists hard data is from "The Battle." In 2355, the USS STARGAZER, commanded by a young Captain Jean-Luc Picard, was attacked by unidentified pirates. The vessel was abandoned, eventually to be recovered in 2364. There are some less pertinent data about the STAR TREK universe that can be gathered from direct statements in the series. For example, in 1,741,647 BC, "The Makers" - a race of beings from the Andromeda galaxy - left a colony in our galaxy populated entirely by androids ("I, Mudd"). Harcourt Fenton Mudd discovered the colony in 2265 AD while fleeing prosecution. Not long afterward (in approximately 1,000,000 BC), the Slaver Empire fell following massive warfare ("The Slaver Weapon"). Intelligent life was destroyed and had to evolve all over again. Approximately 50,000 BC, Bele and Lokai of Cheron began an incredibly long chase through the galaxy ("Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"). Bele eventually caught up with Lokai aboard the Enterprise in 2267 AD. Approximately 7500 BC, Fabrina went nova ("For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"). Their colony ship, Yonada, was located by the Enterprise in 2267 AD. In 3834 BC a Mesopotamian footsoldier named Akharin was born. Due to an unusual genetic quirk, Akharin's body could regenerate itself very quickly from almost any affliction. Additionally, Akharin didn't age beyond approximately 45 years old. Between 3834 BC and 2267 AD ("Requiem for Methuselah"), Akharin was a number of famous personages, including Johannes Brahmes and Leonardo DaVinci. Many other pre-spaceflight references abound in Star Trek. We have endeavored to list as many as possible in the accompanying timeline above. The development of Warp Drive was in approximately 2017, since Marla McGivers stated in "Space Seed" that sleeper ships were necessary because of long interplanetary travel times prior to that year. Atomic weapons were used in some type of war circa the mid-21st century. We cannot be certain when, but references to the Post Atomic Horror in "Encounter at Farpoint" make it clear it was prior to 2079. The United States of America had 52 states between the years 2053 and 2079 ("The Royale"). What those additional states were is unknown. The exploratory ship Charybdis was launched on July 23, 2067 under the command of Colonel Stephen Ritchie. Her fate was also revealed in "The Royale." Colonel Sean Geoffrey Christopher led a Terran expedition to Saturn at some point. We cannot be certain when, though his date of birth is at some point following the Enterprise's encounter with his father in 1969 ("Tomorrow is Yesterday"). Nimbus III was established in approximately 2268. Caithlin Dar stated it was "twenty years" prior to TREK V. It must have been after 2266, since previous to that no Federation member had ever seen a Romulan ("Balance of Terror"). It also seems likely to have been following the establishment of the Klingon/Romulan alliance (2267 - "The Enterprise Incident"), since this was the period during which all three governments shared the most cordial relations in their repective histories. The above timeline of the STAR TREK universe is given from what we know of it from the filmed media. There are several entries we have endeavored to identify throughout this article that are based on our personal preference. Where the "B" and "C" Enterprises are mentioned is pure speculation based on the original ship's (Enterprise-Prime?) probably longer than usual duty life. We have omitted references to the Post Atomic Horror, since we have no solid dates. All we know is that atomic weapons were used sometime between the mid 2050s and 2079. We would theorize, however, that Colonel Green ("The Savage Curtain") was involved in some way. As is often the case in science fiction, actual history is about to prove future history inaccurate. Consider: if Khan Noonian Singh aged normally and appeared to be about forty years old when he was awakened from cryogenic suspension in 2271, he would have been born in about 1956. As is easily observable, there are no 34-year-old genetic supermen running around in present day 1990. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abbreviations: TOS - The Original Series 79 episodes which aired on NBC 1966-1969 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TAS - The Animated Series 22 episodes which aired on NBC 1973-1975 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TMS - The Movie Series Five theatrically released movie released 1979-1989 starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley. TNG - The Next Generation 80+ episodes currently airing in first-run syndication, starring Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes, and Brent Spiner. TMP - Star Trek - The Motion Picture The first Star Trek movie, released 1979 STII - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Second move, released 1982 STIII - Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Third movie, released 1985 STIV - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Fourth movie, released 1987 STV - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Fifth movie, released 1989